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look at florida which i think is much closer than you would have anticipated at this stage and you have to wonder whether medicare and the ryan plan has reed downed against the romney ticket there and look at wisconsin which certainly is closer than you would have expected, but it doesn't look like based on all the polling we've seen, that ryan is going to drag romney over the tlej. i think maybe on balance he's been slightly -- slightly a net negative for the ticket, but i guess the question is, what was the alternative and who could have done better? i'm not sure that there are examples out there that are clearly superior? >> there was a lot of talk about rob portman being a better selection for mitt romney and i mean everybody has spent so much time in ohio they may be residents of the state by now. in all the ohio photo ops you see rob portman, critical adviser to the romney campaign, he was romney's debate and sparring partner, seemed to have worked out well for mitt romney. he could have chosen rob portman and maybe had a better chance in ohio. >> i think choosing anybody less ext
look at florida which i think is much closer than you would have anticipated at this stage and you have to wonder whether medicare and the ryan plan has reed downed against the romney ticket there and look at wisconsin which certainly is closer than you would have expected, but it doesn't look like based on all the polling we've seen, that ryan is going to drag romney over the tlej. i think maybe on balance he's been slightly -- slightly a net negative for the ticket, but i guess the question...
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look who was not on that list, florida. florida was one of those states where it has a tea party governor who is beholden to whatever the tea party wants but he has blinked from this idea of walking away from such things as federal poverty programs because in florida, that was one of those states to amplify martin's point where after the bottom dropped out of the housing market, which is so critical to florida, a lot of middle-class folks found themselves for the first time in their lives going to food pantries, using food stamps. these were folks who were for the first time ever having to go to walmart with an ebt card where the money did not come from employment. a lot of people got very close to this idea of poverty and these governors who are saying no to aid from the federal government, in a lot of cases they think they're just hurting the poor who refuse to get involved and pull themselves up by their boot straps, increasingly they're hurting middle class families who have fall noon poverty through no part of their ow
look who was not on that list, florida. florida was one of those states where it has a tea party governor who is beholden to whatever the tea party wants but he has blinked from this idea of walking away from such things as federal poverty programs because in florida, that was one of those states to amplify martin's point where after the bottom dropped out of the housing market, which is so critical to florida, a lot of middle-class folks found themselves for the first time in their lives going...
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the only remaining question is florida which hasn't yet been called and where the president still holds a lead. last night at 12 minutes past 11:00, 12 minutes after obama was first declared the winner in 2008 the president clenched ohio and with it re-election. but a few were too shocked to believe it. >> all i'm saying is, is that look, we've had one instance where we're -- where something was prematurely called. >> karl rove is here with michael back there with the decision desk. we would like to refer to this as cage match 2012, bring it, go. >> just before midnight while karl rove protested and romney held at his hotel refusing to give in, dave weigel tweeted -- nobody tell rove but the ohio gop has conceded and gone home. at 12:50 in the morning, romney called to congratulate the president and shortly after used his concession speech to call for national unity. >> i so wished, i so wished that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader and so ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this
the only remaining question is florida which hasn't yet been called and where the president still holds a lead. last night at 12 minutes past 11:00, 12 minutes after obama was first declared the winner in 2008 the president clenched ohio and with it re-election. but a few were too shocked to believe it. >> all i'm saying is, is that look, we've had one instance where we're -- where something was prematurely called. >> karl rove is here with michael back there with the decision desk....
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you're in the going to tell me pennsylvania just thought of this or florida. you know better than i, from the dnc, this was put together reince priebus, i gave him a hard time deserves a much harder time. engages in undemocratic practices in a democracy is bad. all romney had to do was blow the whistle. something nice about this campaign nobody has used his religion against him, it's never come up. it should never come up. harry reid is a mormon my wife works for mormons, they're good people. why the other side bring up the ethnic stuff all the time. he's from kenya, blah-blah-blah. he's not really an american. they never stop. >> isn't that part of a strategy -- >> the american candidate, notice that. we're the american candidate. >> isn't that part of a strategy that -- >> oh, yeah. called evil. >> waitp. which is -- >> it is evil. >> but the strategy has an expiration date. this is a party that is doubling down on a part of the electorate shrinking. undereducated white working-class voters, divide and conquer tactics, the republican party if it's going to e
you're in the going to tell me pennsylvania just thought of this or florida. you know better than i, from the dnc, this was put together reince priebus, i gave him a hard time deserves a much harder time. engages in undemocratic practices in a democracy is bad. all romney had to do was blow the whistle. something nice about this campaign nobody has used his religion against him, it's never come up. it should never come up. harry reid is a mormon my wife works for mormons, they're good people....
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i never going out to ohio, florida, saw this enthusiasm gap. i think it was in a lot of ways a myth. look unemployment's been high in the black community for 20, 30 years in some districts it's been at 14% even when the country -- >> it wasn't the same. it wasn't the same as '08. >> i'm talking to african-americans on a continual basis. we saw a lot of people, whoever opinions were about barack obama's perform ant for african-americans felt protective toward him and his legacy and in addition to that, incredible anger at these voter suppression tactics, incredible anger and pushback against thicks like voter i.d., i think the florida legislature, taking away of 14 days of early vote was the biggest political mistake. >> miami shortening the hours in the last weekend. >> and the fellow in pennsylvania declaring when the voter i.d. bill is up this is going to went for mitt romney. >> and i think there was a diminution but it wasn't what people thought. >> also complete, you know, the disavowel of minority voters assumption on the part of the romn
i never going out to ohio, florida, saw this enthusiasm gap. i think it was in a lot of ways a myth. look unemployment's been high in the black community for 20, 30 years in some districts it's been at 14% even when the country -- >> it wasn't the same. it wasn't the same as '08. >> i'm talking to african-americans on a continual basis. we saw a lot of people, whoever opinions were about barack obama's perform ant for african-americans felt protective toward him and his legacy and...
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in florida a few weeks ago i saw romney signs not obama ones. conservatives have been whispering something big is happening and under the radar groundswell of support for their candidate that escaped the attention of pollsters. they cite romney's crowds 30,000 in ohio, 28,000 in pennsylvania. >> i'm looking around to see if we have the beatles here or something to have brought you. looks like you came just for the campaign and i appreciate it. >> the obama campaign and democrats prefer to stick to the raw numbers. gallup's tracking poll which showed romney with a five-point lead a week ago has shrivelled to 1%. the last "washington post"/abc news tracking poll of the cycle shows the president climbing to 50%, his best showing since july and six-point swing from a month ago following the debate. the obama campaign is playing up its slender advantage in the swing states though remains mostly within the margin of error to say if it looks tight it probably is tight but hopefully not as tight as in x dixvildi dixville notch. the voting resulted in a
in florida a few weeks ago i saw romney signs not obama ones. conservatives have been whispering something big is happening and under the radar groundswell of support for their candidate that escaped the attention of pollsters. they cite romney's crowds 30,000 in ohio, 28,000 in pennsylvania. >> i'm looking around to see if we have the beatles here or something to have brought you. looks like you came just for the campaign and i appreciate it. >> the obama campaign and democrats...
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put it on the ballot and the people in florida rejected that soundly. >> the second thing i'll say that jonathan is right and your point about this, i don't think it's a repudiation of what john boehner said, the president is learning thou negotiate. one of the things that the left has criticized the president for is with negotiating with himself. he starts at the number he wants to get rather than starting at a number that's a negotiating position which is what you're supposed do. he's not going to get $1.6 trillion. republicans have set the floor at 800. he's asked for 1.6. they'll end up at about 1.2 and that will be a pretty good number. >> progressives should be bullish? >> i think so. look, it's more than just a mandate. the mandate isn't really important. what's important is the leverage. what's important is that in the absence of a deal, obama not only gets all the revenue he wants, he gets way more than all the revenue he wants, right. he doesn't get the $1.6 trillion he's asking for. he gets $5 trillion starting january 1st. >> but he might get a recession, so it's like -- >>
put it on the ballot and the people in florida rejected that soundly. >> the second thing i'll say that jonathan is right and your point about this, i don't think it's a repudiation of what john boehner said, the president is learning thou negotiate. one of the things that the left has criticized the president for is with negotiating with himself. he starts at the number he wants to get rather than starting at a number that's a negotiating position which is what you're supposed do. he's...
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he'll hit wisconsin, iowa, virginia, new hampshire, florida and colorado in the coming days. the president will close his campaign by calling on two of his most bold-faced surrogates, jay-z and bruce springsteen. they will perform in ohio on monday. but if team o has the boss to close the deal romney land has meat loaf and ricky skaggs. >> i want to thank ricky skrags -- skrugs rather -- skrags, can't get it right -- for entertaining. >> ricky skaggs. batting for the president, sober minded political figures including colin powell and michael bloomberg and for romney, sober minded political figures including the donald. that said both candidates have tinseltown on their side. for obama, eva longoria, george clooney, sarah jessica parker. and for mitt romney, clint eastwood and mr. burns. >> mitt strapped his mutt to the roof of the car for a 350 mile jaunt. we will explain why mitt is once again [ inaudible ]. what's that? you like being tied to the roof of the car? because it allowed you to see more of the great land of ours and its wonderful natural resources ripe for drill
he'll hit wisconsin, iowa, virginia, new hampshire, florida and colorado in the coming days. the president will close his campaign by calling on two of his most bold-faced surrogates, jay-z and bruce springsteen. they will perform in ohio on monday. but if team o has the boss to close the deal romney land has meat loaf and ricky skaggs. >> i want to thank ricky skrags -- skrugs rather -- skrags, can't get it right -- for entertaining. >> ricky skaggs. batting for the president,...